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In Elle Girl magazine!
Apr. 12th, 2004 | 07:13 pm
mood: 
happy
music: Dead leaves on the Dirty ground by the white stripes
It came in the mail today!!! The May issue of Elle Girl that I'm in! Here's what the cover looks like:
I was too overwhelmed to face it in person, so I didn't unwrap it from the plastic for several minutes, I just tried to forget about it and block it out. I don't know why. That's probably not a real normal response. I think it's because it's so weird to me that they'd put something I made in there. Also, to me fashion zines have more meaning than the average person off the street b/c I want to work at one and I've been devouring the things since I was 11. I was a fan and subscriber of this particular magazine before I ever dreamed of having a mention in it. So it's a strange feeling, but I'm awfully glad they put it in! =)
Here it is...it's on page 54.
This is the text: They really edited my quotes big time, but at least it makes me sound like I'm into pop culture and quite artsy.
"ninkybink.com
When 19-year-old Ohio bag designer Adrianne Lee needs inspiration , she turns to pop culture. 'I love The Virgin Suicides, so I'll think about what type of bag the Lisbon sisters would like, ' she explains. 'Or I listen to music and doodle the mood it creates.' The muse for this sack (above)? 'I saw her in the library--she's from a '60s magazine ad!' "
Here it is closer
I hope one of the stupid F.I.T. admission officers sees that, and is sorry.
Anyways, people ask me how it happened that I got in this. To be honest all I did was out of the blue as a joke almost, i e-mailed the magazine w/ a link to my website. I didn't think they'd take the time of day to look at it. 2 weeks later an editor, Melissa Walker, wrote and said she loved my stuff and asked me to send in samples to be photographed. I sent her 3 and the one they chose to use was actually my least fav and I threw it in last mintue b-4 I mailed off the package. That was back in Dec, so this has been a long wait! Just goes to show it doesn't hurt to try.
Some of you knew about the Teen Vogue thing too. I think I've officially decided that fell through. What happened with that is Alison Griffin, editor at Teen Vogue, accidently ran accross my site b/c it had a link to minnetonka moccasins (she was doing a feature on moccasins at the time). Anyways, she asked me to send in pics of me in my favorite outfits and w/ my bags for a thing they do on "real girls" under age 21 w/ unique style. I did, but I never heard back . I think it may be b/c I didn't have a way to burn them onto a cd and I had to use crappy floppy disks (several) so it probably was too annoying for them to deal with. Maybe I'll try again sometime. :)
I was too overwhelmed to face it in person, so I didn't unwrap it from the plastic for several minutes, I just tried to forget about it and block it out. I don't know why. That's probably not a real normal response. I think it's because it's so weird to me that they'd put something I made in there. Also, to me fashion zines have more meaning than the average person off the street b/c I want to work at one and I've been devouring the things since I was 11. I was a fan and subscriber of this particular magazine before I ever dreamed of having a mention in it. So it's a strange feeling, but I'm awfully glad they put it in! =)
Here it is...it's on page 54.
This is the text: They really edited my quotes big time, but at least it makes me sound like I'm into pop culture and quite artsy.
"ninkybink.com
When 19-year-old Ohio bag designer Adrianne Lee needs inspiration , she turns to pop culture. 'I love The Virgin Suicides, so I'll think about what type of bag the Lisbon sisters would like, ' she explains. 'Or I listen to music and doodle the mood it creates.' The muse for this sack (above)? 'I saw her in the library--she's from a '60s magazine ad!' "
Here it is closer
I hope one of the stupid F.I.T. admission officers sees that, and is sorry.
Anyways, people ask me how it happened that I got in this. To be honest all I did was out of the blue as a joke almost, i e-mailed the magazine w/ a link to my website. I didn't think they'd take the time of day to look at it. 2 weeks later an editor, Melissa Walker, wrote and said she loved my stuff and asked me to send in samples to be photographed. I sent her 3 and the one they chose to use was actually my least fav and I threw it in last mintue b-4 I mailed off the package. That was back in Dec, so this has been a long wait! Just goes to show it doesn't hurt to try.
Some of you knew about the Teen Vogue thing too. I think I've officially decided that fell through. What happened with that is Alison Griffin, editor at Teen Vogue, accidently ran accross my site b/c it had a link to minnetonka moccasins (she was doing a feature on moccasins at the time). Anyways, she asked me to send in pics of me in my favorite outfits and w/ my bags for a thing they do on "real girls" under age 21 w/ unique style. I did, but I never heard back . I think it may be b/c I didn't have a way to burn them onto a cd and I had to use crappy floppy disks (several) so it probably was too annoying for them to deal with. Maybe I'll try again sometime. :)
